A woman arrested on drunken-driving charges for the fourth time was released from the hospital without officers being notified, according to Maine State Police.

State police said Kristy Cookson, 33, was charged with operating under the influence after she crashed her car into the woods in Wales last week. Police said her 4-year-old son was in the vehicle.

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Rescue crews had to use a chain saw to get them out of the vehicle.

Maine State Police

Police said Cookson's son suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston.

Cookson was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with a serious ankle injury, according to state police.

Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said that as a result of an apparent mixup, Cookson was discharged over the weekend without police being notified.

McCausland said Cookson was arrested Monday afternoon at an apartment in Auburn.

She is being held at the Androscoggin County Jail.

Investigators said drugs and alcohol were factors in the crash, and that it was the fourth time in the past decade that Cookson was charged with OUI. Her driver's license also has 13 active suspensions.

In 2009, Cookson was shot by two Lewiston police officers after leading them on a chase through the city in her pickup truck.

The officers fired when she attempted to run one of them over after striking a parked vehicle at the end of the chase.

Cookson was still on probation for that incident, and because of last week's crash, her probation status could change.